Pivot mounting for kneeler rests or similarly mounted articles



April 15, 1952 Filed Feb. 3, 1947 C. PATTERSON PIVOT MOUNTING FOR KNEELER REST OR SIMILARLY MOUNTED ARTICLES 2 SHEETS-SHEET l llobevf C. Paezson April 15, 1952 R. c. PATTERSON 2,593,177`

PIVOT MOUNTING FOR KNEELER REST OR SIMILARLY MOUNTED ARTICLES Filed Feb. s, 1947 2 srmsfrs-sHEET 2 Robe-rf C. VPf'ewelwsm Patented Apr. 15, 1952 PIVOT MOUN TING' FOR KNELERRESTS OR SIMILARLY. MOUNTED ARTICLES Robert-C. Patterson, YGrand Rapids, Mich.,l assignor to American. Seating. Company, .Grand Rapids, Mich., a corporation of `New Jerseyl Application'February 3, 1947, Serial No. 726,066

2 IClaims.A (Cl. 155-166)` The present invention relatesto :pivot mountings ffora kneeler restv or similarlymounted'article-,r and more-particularly to the type of kneeler` rest which fis pivotallyfmounted underneath' and to thev rear of 1a church pew for the useroi-occupants. o-fathefnext ,p ew: vtoethey rear; and otherarticles similarlyg-vl mounted.

The primary-fobjectssof thef'invention-:areto provide `avkneeler;restzoithe type above indi-'- cated which'mayfbe-fswung: upwardly to: a-` nonuse position beneathvtheuchurch pewronrwhich it is; .m'ountedfor vmayrfbevsvvung; ,downwardly to auseposition extending rearwardly of said pew, iniwhich: latterizposition -itmayconvenientlyfbe knelt; uponrby the Uocccupant off; a; pew z' tor` the rear of f the ipewf on which the kneeler ris mounted; to provide: such aT kneelerz'restwhichnis removably mounted andzwhichmay therefore be removed in order to facilitate suchioperations as varnishing Athe `floor ,b'eneathnthey church; pews or ire-laying carpet thereunder, or for vthe purpose of re-upholstering therkneelers yifztheyfare-wof the-upholstered type; to; provide. an improved pivot device for mounting a kneeler rest `onfa pew as above indicated or 4forremovably mounting any element f for: swinging-movement; on-r a;

fixed supporting element; to provide -such;apivot device whichzmayreadilyand jconvenientlyjrbe ed forinstallation on the pew;

Figure 3 isla perspective view offa socket memberrby means of which the pew is adapted to support the kneeler rest;

Figure 4 "is an enlarged;fragmentary; sectional View of; the kneeler restl and :the adjacentipew support; the-1 kneeler rest being;` here showmin af-lowered :use position;

liigurefY `is a fragmentary',` sectionallviewfofV 6 and indicating the kneeler rest in a more-rearwardly 'moved position than that indicated.: in Figure 6. Y

Referring now in` detailv to these-drawings wherein like parts are designated by the ysame numerals in theseveralA views; thechurch pew shown. in Figurel comprises-a length of p ewing II) secured to andsupported by; a-gplurality;` of spaced, xed, upright, supporting `gelements. As shown these supporting; elements. comprise.` end supports II, I2 of a decorative type, and va'iuncf4 tional middle supportv I3.v Anelement generally designated I 4 adaptedV to servefas al kneeler: rest extends between eachof thezpew -endy supports II and I2 and the middle support` I3;-these kneeler rests I4 being mounted; for., swinging movement to a raised. positionzofjnon-:use be.- neath the pew as indicated at the rightvof Fig--V ure 1 and to a lowered position. of use extending rearwardly of the pew as indicated at.,the..left of Figure 1, in which latterfpositionthe kneeler rest may be knelt upon by an occupant of Yapew disposed in the rear of the pew shown.

Each kneeler rest comprises apair of spaced, parallel arms I5, I6 connectedbyahorizontal kneeler bar I'I having its opposite endstsecured by any suitable means such as `wood screws (not shown) to the arms I5, l6respectively.` The. kneeler bar I'I may desirably be upholsteredas by means of a sponge rubberpad 'I8 and an upholstery cover I9 disposed over the pad I8 and secured to the opposite' or under surface ofthe kneeler bar by any suitable means such. as Atacks (not shown).

The spaced, upright 'supportsv upon which. eachkneeler rest islmounted are provided `with ,socket members 2D having screwfreceivingapertures 2l and secured; as by wood screws 22 nearfthelower; rearward, inner corners `of said supports and with the laterally inwardly extending cylindrical sockets 23 thereof` in horizontal, axial alignment. A gate 24 extends horizontallyV rearwardly through the lsurrounding wall .25,of `each socket 23, said gates being of slightly-less height than the diameter of the sockets 23. -Its-will @be seenthat the vsocket members 42i] :mayffbefidentically formed thus reducing the costof their` manufacture, and the socket members on the supporting elements to the left are installed in an inverted position relative to thoseon the supi-vl porting elements to the right.

Pintle members 26 are provided'` for the Vopposite ends of the kneeler rest I4,` and thesemay likewisebe lof identical formation thus obviatingthe expense 4.of manufacturing thesepintle inem--` bers in rights and lefts. Each pintle member 26 has a pair of oppositely laterally extending pintles 21 of cylindrical segmental formation, and a screw-receiving aperture 28 located eccentrically of the pintles 21 and having countersinks on both sides of the pintle member 26. A pintle member 26 is installed on the outer side of each of the arms I5, I6 of the kneeler rest, one of the pintles 21 of each member 26 being snugly fitted into a bore or recess 29 in the adjacent arm I or I6, and the other pintle 21 extending outwardly for turnable engagement in the adjacent socket 23. A wood-screw 30 passing through the aperture 28 secures each pintle member 26 to the adjacent arm I5 or I6.

In the normal use of the structure, the kneeler rest is freely turnable to its raised or lowered positions, the outwardly extending pintles 21 being freely turnable in the sockets 23 and being retained therein because the greater diameter of each pintle is larger than the height of the adjacent gate 24. When th kneeler rest I4 is in its lowered position of use shown in Figure 4, the chordal surface 3I of each pintle is inclined rearwardly-downwardly at an angle of approximately 60 degrees from horizontal. However, when the kneeler rest III is turned from its position shown in Figure 4 to the partially raised position indicated in Figure 6, said chordal surfaces 3l are turned to a horizontal position with the segmental void 32 of each pintle uppermost. A slight lifting of the kneeler rest from its position shown in Figure 6 brings the smaller diameter of each outwardly extending pintle 21 into registry with the gate 24 of the adjacent socket member and the pintles 21 are thus free to be withdrawn from the sockets indicated in Figure 7. The kneeler rest may thus be removed from its mountings, and may be replaced therein in a reverse manner.

Rubber bumpers 33 may be installed on the rearward edges of the arms I5, I6 of the kneeler rests in order to silence their movements to lowered positions. Similar rubber bumpers 34 may be installed on the forward edges of said arms in order to silence the kneeler rests movements to raised positions.

As shown in the drawings, and particularly in Figure 5, the pintles 21 of the pintle members 26 are slightly tapered outwardly in order to facilitate their removal from the molds when cast.

It will be seen that the invention provides an improved pivot device for mounting kneeler rests on pew supports, wherein -there are' no objectionable metal-to-wood wearing surfaces, and wherein the several parts of the pivot device may be inexpensively assembled to the kneeler rests and pew supports at the factory and the kneeler rests thereafter installed on the pews; and while but one specic embodiment of the invention has been herein shown and described,.it will be understood that numerous details may be alteredor omitted without departing from the spirit of the invention as the same is dened by the following claims:

I claim:

1. In a structure of the class described: spaced upright pew supports; a kneeler rest extending between said pew supports and comprising a horizontal kneeler bar and parallel arms extending laterallyfrom the opposite ends of said kneeler bar adjacent the pew supports respectively; socket members secured to the pew supports and extending mutually inwardly therefrom, said members having horizontally yaligned substantially cylindrical sockets therein and having gates extending horizontally rearwardly from the sockets through the walls of the socket members, said gates being of lesser vertical dimension than the diameter of the sockets; pintle members secured to the parallel arms respectively of the kneeler rest and having axially aligned, outwardly extending pintles thereon, said pintles being of substantially cylindrical segmental formation and being receivable through the gates of the socket members into turnable disposition within the sockets thereof whereby the kneeler rest is supported swingably about a horizontal axis to a lowered position for kneeling and to a raised position of non-use; the cylindrical segmental pintles being so disposed on the parallel arms of the kneeler rest as to present their smallest dimension to and thus be receivable and removable through said gates when the kneeler rest is in a swung position itnermediate its raised and lowered positions.

2. In a structure of the class described: spaced upright pew supports; a kneeler rest extending between said pew supports and comprising a horizontal kneeler bar and parallel arms extending laterally from the opposite ends of said kneeler bar adjacent the pew supports respectively; socket members secured to the pew supports and extending mutually inwardly there- -.from, said members having horizontally aligned substantially cylindrical sockets therein and having gates extending horizontally rearwardly from the sockets through the walls of the socket members, said gates being of lesser vertical dimension than the diameter of the sockets and the bottoms of the gates being at a higher level than the bottoms of the sockets; pintle members secured to the parallel arms respectively of the kneeler rest and having axially aligned, outwardly extending pintles thereon, said pintles being of substantially cylindrical segmental formation and being receivable through the gates of the socket members into turnable disposition within the sockets thereof whereby the kneeler rest is supported swingably about a horizontal axis to a lowered position for kneeling and to a raised position of non-use; the cylindrical segmental pintles being so disposed on the parallel arms of the kneeler rest as to present their smallest dimension t0 and thus be receivable and removable through said gates when the kneeler rest is in a swung position intermediate its raised and lowered positions and in a slightly vertically lifted position.

ROBERT C. PATTERSON.

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